Scene 1: Kisan ki Mehnat Ek chota sa lekin hara-bhara khet hai

Scene 1: Kisan ki Mehnat Ek chota sa lekin hara-bhara khet hai. Subah ka waqt hai, suraj nikal raha hai. Ahmad, ek dubla-patla magar himmat wala kisan, apne purane hal se zameen jaut raha hai. Uske chehre par paseena hai lekin aankhon mein apni fasal ke liye umeed hai. Background mein parindon ki chahchahat aur mitti ki sondhi khushboo ka ehsas hai. Scene 2: Zalim Sardar ki Amad Achanak, mitti udti hai aur ek badi kaali gaari ya ghore par Sardar apne do lathaiton (ghunday) ke sath wahan pahunchta hai. Sardar ke chehre par takabbur (gharoor) hai. Wo apni chamakti hui jooti khet ki naram mitti par rakhta hai aur nafrat se kehta hai: "Ahmad! Agle mahine yahan meri nayi factory banegi. Ye kaghazat hain, angutha lagao aur ye zameen mere naam karo." Scene 3: Kisan ka Inkar Ahmad ruk jata hai. Wo thaka hua hai lekin jhukta nahi. Wo khet se ek mutthi mitti uthata hai aur kehta hai: "Sardar Sahab, ye sirf zameen nahi, mere baap-dada ki nishani hai. Is mitti mein hamara khoon paseena shamil hai. Ye bikau nahi hai." Sardar gusse mein laal ho jata hai aur uski mitti ko paon se kuchal deta hai. "To phir anjam ke liye tayyar rehna," keh kar wo chala jata hai. Scene 4: Raat ka Hamla Raat ka waqt hai. Sardar ke aadmi khet ko aag lagane ya fasal tabah karne aate hain. Lekin tabhi poore gaon wale Mashal (torches) lekar wahan pahunch jate hain. Ahmad akela nahi rehta, gaon ki ekta dekh kar zalim Sardar ke aadmi dar kar bhag jate hain.